Trip and near turn turtle (8)
I believe the answer is:
terrapin
'turtle' is the definition.
(terrapin is a kind of turtle)
'trip and near turn' is the wordplay.
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'turn' indicates an anagram.
'trip' after 'near' is 'neartrip'.
'neartrip' with letters rearranged gives 'TERRAPIN'.
(Other definitions for terrapin that I've seen before include "Partner I found for freshwater tortoise" , "Web-footed turtle" , "Hardback" , "freshwater creature" , "Water tortoise" .)